Friday, 17 January 2014

Risky business...

Year 9 risk moved into new territory today as we delved into the Risk equation...

We explored how it worked with a range of risky situations, starting with the lady leaning over a cliff with the waves splashing against the base...

Risk = Hazard x Vulnerability / Coping Capacity and Resilience

Thanks to Noel Jenkins for permission to use this picture of him, taken by Laura Jenkins, which we used to explore the equation and how the risk would vary as each factor changed with time, location and context.

Image: Laura Jenkins

Finally, a reminder to King's Ely pupils that Professor David Spiegelhalter is coming in this term to do a talk....
He is involved in our earlier MICROMORT work, which Andrew remembered and used very nicely today.
Well worth going to see...

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